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Otis wouldn’t do that to me. Not yet anyway. He was a collector for Rocky Big, Pensacola ’s premier bookie, fence, badass, and superpimp. The fact that Otis had parked in plain sight meant Co
Note to self: The Atlanta Braves suck.
So Co
But only if her husband wasn’t home.
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Tyra
She pulled away, laughing gently. “I’ve been in the studio.”
“Working again?”
“Trying.”
“Show me.”
She smiled, took him by the hand, and led him through the house and into the breakfast nook just off the kitchen. She called it her studio, and Co
Tyra
What he said was “nice.”
She snorted. “You’re a terrible liar, but I love you.”
It was the most natural thing in the world to say. I love you. Maybe that’s why the room turned real quiet all of a sudden. Her hand was still on his. He squeezed, and she squeezed back. The afternoon sun drifted in through the bay windows, washed them in dusty warmth. She leaned into him, bodies touching at the hips. Co
Tyra
As a matter of fact, they were such good friends that they couldn’t un-friend themselves when they were finally single at the same time. They looked at each other with a mysterious gleam in their eyes, but maybe nobody was brave enough to take that next step.
And maybe another reason they never got together was the fact that they were so obviously wrong for each other, at least that was the way it seemed on the surface. He was a jock. She hung with the art crowd. But it was that difference that kept Co
Tyra
Their friendship cooled after that. Co
Then one long bourbon night, Tyra
So Co
And so she sat closer, played with Co
Co
He’d gone back the next day to talk it out. Something had changed. Of course she wanted Co
Now, in the warm glow of her breakfast nook, she melted into him. Her arms slipped around his waist. She tilted her head up, offered her lips. Co
She unzipped his pants, pulled him out of his boxers, and pumped. Co
She reached for the paint palette, scooped an oily handful of bright blue paint, and grabbed Co
“Oh, my God.” She let go of him, grabbed a roll of paper towels.
“What’s wrong?” Co